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Spocklight: Using Mock Method Arguments in Response

When we mock or stub methods we can use the method arguments passed to the method in the response for the mocked or stubbed method. We must write a closure after the rightShift operator (>>) and the closure arguments will resemble the arguments of the mocked or stubbed method. Alternatively we can use a single non-typed argument in the closure and this will contains the method argument list.

Let’s create a specification where we use this feature. In the following sample we use a mock for the AgeService used in the class under test. The method allowedMaxTime() is invoked by the class under test and basically should return the maximum hour of the day a show can be broadcasted. In our specification we use the name of the show to return different values during the test.

About mrhaki

My name is Hubert A. Klein Ikkink also known as mrhaki. I work at the great IT company JDriven. Here I work on projects with Groovy & Grails, Gradle and Spring. At JDriven we focus on SpringSource technologies. All colleagues want to learn new technologies, support craftmanship and are very eager to learn. This is truly a great environment to work in. You can contact me via Google+ or @mrhaki.